Synonyms for tractor-trailer
- noun
Most common
semi-truck truck and trailer rig eighteen-wheeler juggernaut artic
All synonyms
Noun
semi-truck, truck and trailer, semi-trailer truck US CA, articulated lorry UK, rig, big rig informal, semi US AU NZ, eighteen-wheeler, juggernaut, artic, trailer truck dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A large truck consisting of an engine and cab section (the tractor) and a cargo-carrying semi-trailer or trailer.
Related words
- Other spellings
- tractor trailer
Forms
- Plural
- tractor-trailers → semi-trucks, rigs, semis, eighteen-wheelers…
Example sentences
- rig Four workers were rescued from an oil rig.
- juggernaut Could Air Algérie become an aviation juggernaut?
By length
- 3 letters
- rig1
- 4 letters
- semi2
- 5 letters
- artic
- 10 letters
- juggernaut3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (semi2 = 2 syllables).